优秀的儿童文学作品有利于增长儿童知识,丰富儿童情感,培养儿童的思维能力及想象能力,以及成功塑造其性格及人格。本文从读本和动画两部分入手,对比当文学作品应用在少儿教育时,中美两国由于文化的差异各自反映出的特点。同时,儿童文学本身更是一种文化,如何使我国的儿童文学在呈现传统文化和艺术的同时更具教育性,是我们在新世纪不得不面对的巨大挑战。 Outstanding children’s literature is conducive to the growth of children’s knowledge, enriching children’s emotions, developing children’s thinking ability and imagination, and successfully shaping their personality and personality. This article starts from the two parts of the reader and the animation to compare the characteristics of the two countries due to cultural differences when literary works are applied to children’s education. At the same time, children’s literature itself is a kind of culture. How to make our children’s literature more educative while presenting traditional culture and art is a huge challenge that we must face in the new century.